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Snow Fungus, Snow Pear and Chinese Yam Soup — finished dish, ready to serve.

Snow Fungus, Snow Pear and Chinese Yam Soup

银耳雪梨山药羹 · pan chinese cuisine

30 min total20 min cooking4 stepssweetlight

Positioned by the author as the first soothing, lung-moistening hot drink of winter, this pureed soup is typically made in a high-speed thermo-cooker such as a Vorwerk Thermomix, but the blending step also works in a soy milk maker.

Kwame Boateng's profile photoKwame BoatengGhanaian-American guy learning to recreate my mom's groundnut soup and jollof without calling her every time. Currently obsessed with getting smoky flavor on a stovetop.

Nutrition & allergens

No supported allergens detected from surveyed ingredients.

Some ingredients are not yet allergen-surveyed; this label is not exhaustive.

Per serving (4 servings)

Energy (kcal)
Unknown
Protein (g)
Unknown
Fat (g)
Unknown
Carbs (g)
Unknown
Sodium (mg)
Unknown

Estimated from verified ingredient data for the original formula — not lab values, and one dish is not a full meal.

  • gan yin er ingredient

    gan yin er干银耳

    0.5 piece — dried; soak until rehydrated; optional rock sugar noted in source

  • xue li雪梨

    0.5 piece — peeled, cored and cubed

  • Chinese yam山药

    1.41 oz — peeled and cubed

  • Rock sugar ingredient

    Rock sugar冰糖

    0.35 oz

  • goji berries (dried) ingredient

    goji berries (dried)枸杞（可不用）

    9.0 piece

  • lily bulbs (fresh or dried) ingredient

    lily bulbs (fresh or dried)鲜（或干）百合

    0.35 oz

  • Water ingredient identification photo

    water水

    21.16 oz

Steps

  1. 1

    Step 1

    Snow Fungus, Snow Pear and Chinese Yam Soup — step 1 visual checkpoint.

    Peel, rinse and cube the snow pear and Chinese yam; set aside. If using dried snow fungus, soak it until rehydrated.

    ✅ Done when: The pear and yam are peeled and cut into even chunks, and the snow fungus is fully softened and rehydrated.

  2. 2

    Step 2

    Snow Fungus, Snow Pear and Chinese Yam Soup — step 2 visual checkpoint.

    Place all the ingredients into the mixing bowl of the machine.

    ✅ Done when: Every ingredient is in the bowl with nothing left on the counter.

  3. 3

    Step 318 min

    Medium heat
    Snow Fungus, Snow Pear and Chinese Yam Soup — step 3 visual checkpoint.

    Add the water and cook at 100°C (212°F) on speed 1 for 18 minutes.

    ✅ Done when: The mixture has simmered for 18 minutes at 100°C with gentle stirring.

  4. 4

    Step 42 min

    Snow Fungus, Snow Pear and Chinese Yam Soup — step 4 visual checkpoint.

    Blend for 2 minutes on speed 10 until the soup is a fine, smooth puree. On a Thermomix TM6, use the slow-cook/blend program at speed 8; in a soy milk maker, select the rice-paste program.

    ✅ Done when: The soup is completely smooth and free of lumps, with a fine pureed texture.